bill18018

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I bought my first EPI 100s in 1982 and now have a few pairs and some other EPI 100s. I have compared them to several other vintage and modern speaker systems and I am always impressed by their clarity and musical nature. Their bass is good in both quality and quantity but it is the tweeter that leaves its competition in the dust. I have always found that violins, piano, brass, and the female voice that will give fits to speakers. EPI 100s handle these with grace and ease. Not the best speaker I have ever listened to but easily the best speaker for the money.

If you want to play them at party levels and not have them sound strained 60WPC should be enough power.

Strengths:
Good bass
Exceptional mids and highs
Very musical sound, more like real music than any other speaker I have ever heard in the sub $2,000 price range
Don't demand a ton of power

Weaknesses:
While not fatiguing, EPIs are a bit on the bright side. Great for classical, jazz, blues, or anything acoustic. Not the best "Yo Dude Rock-N-Roll" speaker...if that is what you are looking for.

Similar Products Used:
Advent, Genesis, AR, Infinity, Quad

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I purchased these when I was working my first recording studio job in the 1970's. They are classic midfield monitors, very neutral, accurate, with low listener fatigue. I was listening to JBL's at the time and I found the JBL's to be too forward in the mids and fatiguing. (The JBLs were powered by Crown's and the occasional MC-240, backending an API/Quad8 recording infrastructure)

The EPI's hava minimal crossover which should make for a good phase response - I think unnatural phase repsonse is a major source of unnatural sounding speakers.

They are secondary speakers now, still love them.

Strengths:
Clean, efficient, low listener fatigue

Weaknesses:
Probably not the greatest for today's dance/electronica - but then you probably don't want to hear the detail on the crunchy samples and virtual instruments.

Similar Products Used:
JBL 4311, 4320, 4350; Westlake monitors similar to the 4350; Mordant Short 3.40

Fred Fischer

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $250.00 from P C RICHARDS

Summary:
I have enjoyed my EPI 100 speakers for over 30 years. They have been my second pair backing up my great JBL L100A studio monitor speakers. I have always enjoyed listen to the clear sound the produce. I have more then once looked at upgrading them but could not bare to part with them. I will continue enjoying them for years to come.

Strengths:
clear clean sound and long lasting

Weaknesses:
need more base and EPI is no longer in business

arielG

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 2.00 votes

Price Paid:  $166.00 from somewhere

Summary:
When i heard them in a shop were ony sell vintage audio i was impress by the clear sound, the voices were very real and the bass was powerful enough...but i did´t bought them, i NEEDED to try others...i try others, some new some vintage but they didn´t impressed me as the EPIs...so i came back a few weeks later with my cousin (she is studing elecroacustic composition....) and she gave me OK i NEEDED!!

Strengths:
clear sound, you can heard each instrument on their own...their are made to listen jazz

Weaknesses:
no deep bass, their were not designed to listen Chemical Brothers!

Similar Products Used:
sorry i really dont know

Price Paid:  $200.00

Summary:
The EPI 100 is a wonderful speaker and it's heartening to hear all the rave reviews. I purchased mine in 1979 and paired them with Advent utility cabinets in a pre-surround sound setup. The Advents are gone but the EPI's are in my teenage daughter's bedroom. I offered to upgrade her to newer speakers but she is quite pleased with them. A colleague of mine continues to use his as well. They are simply classics.

Strengths:
Warm tone. My current speakers have no soul.

Weaknesses:
None.